"Can you walk?" he asked.
She took a step forward, but he saw at a glance that she had not
sufficient strength to reach her room.
"Open the gate, Hiram. Then give the door-bell a good sharp ring, so
that Mandy will come quickly."
He took her in his arms and went up the path, by the astonished Mandy,
and upstairs to Alice's room, where he laid her tenderly upon her bed.
Turning to Mandy, who had followed close at his heels, he said:
"She is not sick, only nervous and worn out. If you need me, call me."
He went into his own room and thanked Heaven that he had been at hand to
render her the service that she so much needed. When he went down to
supper Mandy told him that Miss Alice was asleep, and she guessed she'd
be all right in the morning.
CHAPTER XXXI.
AN INHERITANCE.
Quincy reached his room at Mrs. Hawkins's boarding house about midnight
of the day of the town meeting. About the same hour Mrs. Heppy Putnam
awoke from a troubled sleep and felt a pain, like the thrust of a knife
blade, through her left side. The room was dark and cold, the wood fire
in the open grate having died out a couple of hours before, while a cool
wind was blowing with great force outside.
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